Dr Ravindra M Mehta

About Dr Ravindra M Mehta

Experience: 20 Yrs+
Specialty: Pulmonologist
Qualification: MBBS, MD (General Medicine)
Clinic: Apollo Hospitals Bannerghatta Road

Clinic Hours

MON- SAT
(03:00 PM-04:00 PM)

Location

Apollo Hospitals Bannerghatta Road
Apollo Hospitals, Opp.iim 154/11,bannerghatta Road. Bannerghatta Road.bangalore-560076 Ph:080-26304050
Timing MON- SAT (03:00 PM-04:00 PM)

Work Experience

• Dr Ravindra M Mehta did his MBBS from the Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital (University of Mumbai), followed by a MD in Internal medicine (General Medicine) from LokmanyaTilak (Sion) hospital in Mumbai.
• Dr Ravindra M Mehta then proceeded to the United States for further training. He completed a second MD in Internal medicine (General Medicine) from the State University of New York at Brooklyn (Downstate Medical Center).
• In the USA, Dr Ravindra M Mehta did his fellowship training in multiple fields which includes Pulmonary (Respiratory/Chest) Medicine, Critical Care (Intensive care) medicine, and Sleep Disorders Medicine from Winthrop University Hospital in New York. This was followed by training in Interventional Pulmonology in New York, Boston, and France.
• Dr Ravindra M Mehta has also established a State-Of-The-Art Interventional Pulmonary Program, regarded as one of the leading programs in the country, and the first in Karnataka. This has led to groundbreaking work in Interventional Pulmonology, which has been presented in international American and European meetings.
• Dr Ravindra M Mehta is American Board Certified in the following subspecialties:1.Diplomat of the American Board of Pulmonary (Respiratory/Chest) Medicine
• 2.Diplomat of the American Board of Critical Care (Intensive Care) Medicine
• 3.Diplomat of the American Board of Sleep Medicine
• 4.Diplomat of the American Association of Sleep Medicine
• 5.Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine (General Medicine)

Awards And Achievements

• Dr Ravindra M Mehta, Niederman MS. In patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia, the impact of diagnostic procedures is mitigated by adequate empirical treatment. Critical Care Medicine in 2000; 28.8: 3092-3094.
  Mehta R, Niederman MS et al. The natural history and antibiotic susceptibility of respiratory isolates in a medical ICU. 118, 4 (Suppl): 178S3 in Chest 2000.
  Mehta R, Weinstein MD et al. REMS-OSA: a demographically and clinically unique subpopulation of patients with sleep-disordered breathing. Sleep 2000; 23, 2:A78-79
• Dr Ravindra M Mehta. and Groth M.L. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Heart Failure with Cheyne-Stokes Respiration and Central Sleep Apnea is a major role in determining mortality. ClinPulm Med 2000; 7(6):344-345
• Dr Ravindra M Mehta. and Groth M.L. Management of suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Invasive or Noninvasive? An old debate gets revived. ClinPulm Med 2000;7.5:277-281
• Dr Ravindra M Mehta. and Groth M.L. In Acute-on-Chronic Respiratory Failure, Non-Invasive Ventilation is an alternative to extended intratracheal intubation. ClinPulmMed, 2000, 7(2):107-108
• Dr Ravindra M Mehta, Groth ML. Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia requiring Hospitalization.
• How can mechanical ventilation affect prognosis? ClinPulm Med 2000, 7(4):214-215
• Dr Ravindra M Mehta. and Groth M.L. Does tracheotomy reduce the work of breathing in ventilator-reliant patients? ClinPulm Med 2000; 7:61-63
• Does it make a difference whether antibiotics are restricted or rotated for ventilator-associated pneumonia? ClinPulm Med 2001; 8.1.1:55-56
• Mehta R. and Groth M.L. A superior technique of breathing for individuals with hypercapnic acute exacerbations of COPD and Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema. ClinPulm Med, 2001, Volume 8, Number 3: 188-190
• Mehta R. and Groth M.L. A Novel Treatment for Sleep Apnea in Hemodialysis Patients with Chronic Renal Failure. ClinPulm Med 2001;8.4:253–257
• Mehta R. and Groth M.L. Initial cardiac arrest vasopressor: vasopressin or epinephrine? ClinPulm Med 2001; 8.6: 366-70
• Clinical use of a predictive model for severe CAP Mehta R, Groth ML. Chest 2001; 119: 312-313.
• Mehta R. and Groth M.L. Circulation 2001; 103: e121. Prognostic significance of CPAP in patients with CHF and Cheyne-Stokes Respiratory-Central Sleep Apnea.
• R. Mehta, F. Gress, J. Ilowite, and others The function of Endoscopic Esophageal Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) in the diagnosis of Sarcoidosis. Am Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2001;163(5):A558
• Mehta R, O Radu, Pollack S, Niederman MS, MD. Respiratory Pathogen Variability and Antibiotic Sensitivity in a Medical Intensive Care Unit American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2001; 163(5):A929.
• Alobeidy S, Mehta R ,Niederman MS. Etiology and Outcome of Hemoptysis in Anticoagulant-Treated Patients American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2001; 163(5):A65
• Mehta R. and Groth M.L. How prevalent is the “classical” Narcolepsy presentation in clinical practice? Sleep 2001; 24: A31119.
• Mehta R, Weinstein MD. Is Hypothyroidism History a Risk Factor for Obstructive Sleep Apnea? Sleep 2001; 24: A326-27
• Mehta R, Lazar J, Hurewitz AN.
• Pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension is reliably distinguished from post-capillary pulmonary hypertension by EKG features. 2001; 120, 4 (Suppl):196S.
• The Impact of Vancomycin Use on Subsequent Patterns of Gram-positive Resistance. Mehta RM, Radu OA, et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2001; 167(7):A559
• Mehta R, Groth ML, Weinstein MD. Characteristics of the syndrome of Nocturnal Sleep-Related Eating. Sleep 2002; 25: A485
• Nosocomial Pneumonia. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 2002;15: 387-394.
• Mehta R. and Groth M.L. Colonization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Intensive Care Unit: Lessons from Screening and Genotyping. 2002 ClinPulm Med
• Antibiotic rotation: A simple treatment for antibiotic resistance in the intensive care unit Mehta R, Groth ML. ClinPulm Med 2002, 9(4), pp. 242-243
• Antibiotic Utilization and Respiratory Pathogens Resistance Pattern in an Intensive Care Unit.
• American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2003; 167(7):A562
• J. Int. Care Med. 2003; 18(4):4 Mehta RM, Niederman MS. Nosocomial pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit.
• Targeting comprehensive outcomes in Intensive Care and beyond: a holistic approach. Mehta RM, Beal A. Jun 2004 Chest-Pulmonary Perspectives 21(2): 7-1
• Ravindra M. Mehta, Alice Beal.
• Endocrinopathy of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: A New Perspective Dec 2005 Chest-Pulmonary Perspectives; 22:4
• M.D. Cohen, Mehta RM, M. Cutaia. Combined Accelerometry and Ambulatory Oximetry Monitoring: A New Method for Quantifying Hypoxemia and Physical Activity in COPD Patients Am. Thorac. Soc. Proceedings 2005; 2: A652
• Cohen Miriam D., PawaSakshi, Mehta Ravindra, et al. Ambulatory Monitoring of Oximetry and Physical Activity in Patients with Advanced Lung Disease: A New Approach to Optimizing Long-Term Oxygen Therapy 2005 Chest 128: 158S-a
• The names Varghese Sholu and Cohen Miriam D., Mehta Ravindra, CutaiaMichael “Dipper or Persister?” In COPD, duration of desaturation has a greater bearing on functional performance than severity. 2006 Chest 130: 98S-c-99
• Cohen M, Mehta R, Cutaia M. Activity/Oxygen Profile in Chronic Lung Disease Patients. Am. Thorac. Soc. Proceedings, April 2006; 3:A318
• Ravindra Mehta and Michael Cuttaia The role of pulmonary interventional procedures in the management of post-obstructive pneumonia. Current Infectious Disease reports 2006; 8(3):207-14
• R.M. Mehta, A. Aneja, R. Sahni. Resistance to antibiotics in the ICU Neth J Critical Care Medicine 2007; 11(2): 72-80
• Michael Cuttaia, Vanthanh Ly, Ravindra Mehta, and Andrew Seymour. Granular cell tumor with many foci complicated by tracheobronchial obstruction. Journal of Bronchology, 2007; 14(4):269-71
• MuraliChakravarthy, PadmajaKamble, KadapaSatish, Ravindra Mehta, et al. Using thoracic epidural anesthesia, spontaneous respiration for endoscopic cauterization and stenting of a tracheal tumor. 2008;22,6:822-824 J CardiothoracVascAnesth
• Mehta Ravindra., Reyas A.K., SrinivasanLakshmipriya et al., Medical Thoracoscopy as an Effective Treatment Modality for Loculated Emphysema.
• 2009;136 (46S)
• Mehta Ravindra, KasargodChethan, Reddy Prabhakar. Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax Treated with Pleuroscopic Talc Pleurodesis under Conscious Sedation. 2009;136 (46S)
• Tauro D, Roy S, K Madhusudhan, Ravindra Mehta. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a lifesaving technique for amlodipine overdose. 2009 chest 136: 37S-38
• Muralidhar
• Ramchandra T., DeshpandeShrikant, Ramachandran Deepak, Mehta Ravindra M. Cardiac Bypass Erythroderma. Chest 2009:136: 45S-e-46
• Critically sick patients with H1NI pneumonia/ALI – The Indian experience, Murlidhar TR, Sanchayan R, Ramachandran D, Deepak T, Ravindra Mehta. Accepted abstract at ERS 2010
• Innovative and unconventional ways for the management of large hemoptysis: A novel approach. Ravindra Mehta, Muralidhar T. R., and Sathish K. S. Accepted abstract at ERS 2010
• Lakshmipriya S, Rajani S.B, Ravindra Mehta. An Extremely Uncommon Case of Primary Pleural Synovial Sarcoma October 2010 Chest 138:4
• Complex TBNA’ – Prevalence and diagnostic yield in a referral population. Ravindra Mehta, L.B.Arjun, S. Lakshmi Priya, P. Reddy, et al. 2010;181(supplement):A5152 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
• Ravindra M, Nidhi G, et al. Non-Real-Time CT-Guided TBNA/TBB — A unique technique for enhancing the diagnostic yield of TBNA and TBB. Chest 2010;138:4
• KalpanaBabu, RaghuvirKini, Ravindra Mehta. Scleral Nodule and Bilateal Disc Edema as an Initial Presentation of Systemic Sarcoidosis Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, 18(3), 158-161 in 2010.
• Deepak Tauro, Ravindra Mehta, MadhusudanKalluraya. What looks like Sepsis, but is not Sepsis: Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome.
• Oculo-Pulmonary Syndromes – A Scientific Approach to Diagnosis. Ravindra Mehta, Arjun L.B., Kalpana B, et al. Chest2011:140:4
• Not A Lost Art. Ravindra Mehta, A. Singla, A. L. Balaji, et al., Conventional TBNA in the Era of EBUS.
• American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2012;185:A3001
• A Large Posterior Tracheal Wall Tear Managed by Silicone Stenting: An Unconventional Approach to a Life-ThreateningInterventional Pulmonary (IP) Issue. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2012;185:A5187
• Predictors for Tubercular Uveitis: A Comparison of Biopsy-Proven Cases of Tubercular and Sarcoid Uveitis by Kalpana Babu, Raghuvir Kini, and Ravindra Mehta et al. Retina 2012; 32,5: 1017 -102

Biodata

• Dr Ravindra M Mehta completed his MBBS at Seth G. S. Medical College and KEM Hospital. New York’s Winthrop University Hospital provided Dr Ravindra M Mehta with fellowship training in many specialties, including Pulmonary (Respiratory/Chest) Medicine, Critical Care (Intensive care) medicine, and Sleep Disorders Medicine. Dr Ravindra M Mehta Training in Interventional Pulmonology followed in New York, Boston, and France.
• Research and Publications: Books and Chapters by Mehta R. and Niederman M.S. Acute infectious pneumonia. 796-816 in Irwin & Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine, 5th Edition. Revised sixth edition In patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia, the impact of diagnostic procedures is mitigated by adequate empirical treatment. Dr Ravindra M Mehta The natural history and antibiotic susceptibility of respiratory isolates in a medical ICU. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Heart Failure with Cheyne-Stokes Respiration and Central Sleep Apnea Is a significant mortality hazard.

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Chamber Name & Address: Apollo Hospitals Bannerghatta, 154, IIM, 11, Bannerghatta Main Rd, opposite Krishnaraju Layout, Krishnaraju Layout, Amalodbhavi Nagar, Naga, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560076, India.

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